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A New Home for Robotics and AI Discovery
Carnegie Mellon University officially opened the Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), a 150,000-square-foot facility designed to accelerate breakthroughs in robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced automation. Located in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood community, and made possible with a gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the center reflects both the university’s global leadership in robotics and a bold vision for the region’s next chapter of innovation and evolution.
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How CMU Built a World-Leading Robotics Ecosystem
From the depths of the ocean to the craters of the moon, Carnegie Mellon University has spent more than 40 years designing robots for the most extreme environments. On Feb. 27, the university will open the Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), a 150,000-square-foot facility built to scale that research for the next generation of autonomous systems.
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CMU’s Robotics Innovation Center Propels Research from Deep Sea to Space
Carnegie Mellon University’s new Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) provides faculty members, students and industry partners with a world-leading collaborative ecosystem for research and development in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence.
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RIC Secures FieldAI as Inaugural Corporate Tenant
The move embeds an industry leader in physical artificial intelligence, the high-growth robotics unicorn FieldAI, into a 2,500-square-foot lab and office suite on the building’s second floor.
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Carnegie Mellon Achieves Robotics Innovation Center Construction Milestone
Carnegie Mellon University has reached a significant construction milestone for its forthcoming Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), a cutting-edge facility for research, development and testing of robotics technologies in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green development.
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New Robotics Innovation Center Will Anchor Community Outreach Programs in Hazelwood
Situated on the 178-acre site of a former steel mill, Hazelwood Green will soon include Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center (RIC). Upon its completion in 2025, the RIC will serve as a home to well-established programs connecting CMU and the Hazelwood community.
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Carnegie Mellon Holds Groundbreaking for Robotics Innovation Center
Carnegie Mellon University has broken ground on construction for its Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), a new, cutting-edge facility that will significantly expand the institution’s physical space for research, development and testing for robotics, including related fields such as artificial intelligence and automation.
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CMU, R.K. Mellon Foundation Announce Historic Partnership
Carnegie Mellon University and the Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced that the two long-time partners will together make a transformational investment in science and technology leadership at the university; in a more vibrant future for the Hazelwood neighborhood; and in Pittsburgh's ongoing economic renaissance.
